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Michael Dempsey
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Sincere thanks to all of you who participated in the NECROPOLIS Kindle Fire Giveaway! We had over 6500 entries!
KINDLE FIRE GIVEAWAY WINNERS:
1ST PRIZE: Kindle Fire
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2nd PRIZE: Kindle
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3rd PRIZE: $40 Amazon gift card
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Winners will be contacted by email for mailing information.
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Necropolis
   3.99 avg rating — 80 ratings
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excerpt from NECROPOLIS (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
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the prologue from Michael Dempsey's NECROPOLIS, published by Night Shade Books.
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"I nominate Good Omens.
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Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. It's a comic tale about the end of the world and an angel and demon who...more
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Necropolis really struck my fancy this holiday season. I mean, just listen to the premise: a guy is brought back to life in a futuristic New York City to solve his own murder case. How cool is that? Well, throw that premise into a noir, Bogart-mov...
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February 08, 2012 04:39PM
location: US, The United States description: Hey all! To celebrate the success of all the fantastic critical and reader response I've been getting over my dieselpunk thriller, NECROPOLIS, called "wildly exciting" by Tor.com, I'm holding a big promotion: prizes include a Kindle Fire, Kindles and Amazon Gift cards. No purchase is necessary. Check out the promotion on my website: Necropolis Kindle Giveaway where you can also read the first eight chapters for free, peruse the reviews, and watch a killer book trailer. You can also check it out on F...more |
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I love it! It's a great genres crossover. I got hooked at "plasma tommy guns"! Multiple times during my reading of the book, I wanted to quote new favourite lines I stumbld upon. The characters are interesting, the universe is interesting, the plo...
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“You can't keep a good man dead."
-- NECROPOLIS
"That's me, Supercorpse. Up, up and decay."
-- Paul Donner, NECROPOLIS
"Ten minutes before I died, I realized I was out of cigarettes."
-- Paul Donner, NECROPOLIS”
― Michael Dempsey, Necropolis
-- NECROPOLIS
"That's me, Supercorpse. Up, up and decay."
-- Paul Donner, NECROPOLIS
"Ten minutes before I died, I realized I was out of cigarettes."
-- Paul Donner, NECROPOLIS”
― Michael Dempsey, Necropolis
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| The Sword and Laser: future noir suggestions? | 34 | 115 | May 31, 2012 07:24pm |
“Elmore Leonard's Ten Rules of Writing
1. Never open a book with weather.
2. Avoid prologues.
3. Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue.
4. Never use an adverb to modify the verb "said”…he admonished gravely.
5. Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.
6. Never use the words "suddenly" or "all hell broke loose."
7. Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly.
8. Avoid detailed descriptions of characters.
9. Don't go into great detail describing places and things.
10. Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.
My most important rule is one that sums up the 10.
If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.”
― Elmore Leonard
1. Never open a book with weather.
2. Avoid prologues.
3. Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue.
4. Never use an adverb to modify the verb "said”…he admonished gravely.
5. Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.
6. Never use the words "suddenly" or "all hell broke loose."
7. Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly.
8. Avoid detailed descriptions of characters.
9. Don't go into great detail describing places and things.
10. Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.
My most important rule is one that sums up the 10.
If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.”
― Elmore Leonard
“You can't keep a good man dead."
-- NECROPOLIS
"That's me, Supercorpse. Up, up and decay."
-- Paul Donner, NECROPOLIS
"Ten minutes before I died, I realized I was out of cigarettes."
-- Paul Donner, NECROPOLIS”
― Michael Dempsey, Necropolis
-- NECROPOLIS
"That's me, Supercorpse. Up, up and decay."
-- Paul Donner, NECROPOLIS
"Ten minutes before I died, I realized I was out of cigarettes."
-- Paul Donner, NECROPOLIS”
― Michael Dempsey, Necropolis
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Sorry, I forgot... Never shave your beard and moustache! You must be very proud wearing them, that's the appearance of the Mountaineers, the only people who could become and train wizards in antiquity...:)
Hi, my new friend! thanks for accepting my friend request and for addition to my review! It seems we could exchange a lot of recommendations, tips, opinions in the future! Best wishes, Have a Happy New 2012 Year! Let the wonderful noise of the sea always sounds in your ears! (a greeting of the water dragons' hunters - my Tale Of The Rock Pieces).
